Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found thought provoking and engaging over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of all these stories, articles and links I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy the links!

Jason Evans shared “7 Tips for Theology on Tap.” If your faith community offers something similar check this out and see if these tips correspond with your learning and experience. If you are considering starting something like this, definitely check this out. And if you have never heard of such a thing, you need to read this and see what you think.

In sad but long overdue news from the Twin Cities in Minnesota as well as the Vatican, Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of the St. Paul Archbishop John C. Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche.

LEAD shared quick blurb about one of my new favorite books, The Agile Churchby professor and friend Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile.

Dan Forbes and “Lead with Giants,” shared a guest post by Mandy Johnson which unpacks “7 Steps to Engaging Leadership.” The steps are: get the team size right; hire the ‘right-fit’ people in the first place; hold monthly one-on-ones; reduce bureaucracy; praise and reward excellence on a regular basis; brightness of future; and have fun.

William Vanderbloemen shared, “5 Secret Questions for Making a Great Millennial Hire.” The questions to include are: Tell me about an initiative you led or were part of leading; Tell me about a meaningful experience you had serving or contributing to a cause. What about that time motivated you to do more?; Describe for me a time when you faced criticism and how you responded to it; When have you been asked to work too much, and how did you respond?; and whom do you go to for life and career advice? Great questions! What do you think? How would you respond to these questions?

Neighbor Love

Friend, pastor and blogger Diane Roth shared reflections on “Silence.” Within this Diane wrote, “The world needs silence, but not just silence. The world also needs a word — not “the answer”, not a strategy, not a user’s manual. The world also needs a word, the right word at the right time: a question, a name, an invitation, a light.” Diane also shared about “Colette.”

Finally, this week is one of golf’s major tournaments, “The U.S. Open.” It is being held at Chambers Bay just south of Tacoma, and will be the biggest sporting event the southern part of the Puget Sound area has ever hosted. It will be broadcasted by Fox, and Ken Fang shares all about that.

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That will conclude this week’s edition of the links. I hope you have enjoyed them! As always, if you have things to include in future editions, please let me know. Also, if you have particular topics, questions or ideas for posts for me to think about, please let me know. Until next time, thank you for reading and being a part of the conversation! Blessings on your week! -TS